TY - JOUR
T1 - Viral load detection using dried blood spots in a cohort of HIV-1- infected children in uganda
T2 - Correlations with clinical and immunological criteria for treatment failure
AU - Costenaro, Paola
AU - Lundin, Rebecca
AU - Petrara, Maria Raffaella
AU - Penazzato, Martina
AU - Massavon, William
AU - Kizito, Susan
AU - Nabachwa, Sandra Monica
AU - Musoke, Maria Nannyonga
AU - Namisi, Charles
AU - Morelli, Erika
AU - Bilardi, Davide
AU - Mazza, Antonio
AU - Zanchetta, Marisa
AU - Giaquinto, Carlo
AU - De Rossi, Anita
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Correlations between clinical/immunological treatment failure and viral load (VL) detected by dried blood spot (DBS) sampling were explored in HIV-1-infected children in Uganda. Of 104 children on combined antiretroviral treatment (cART), 12.5% experienced clinical and/or immunological failure, while 28.8%, 44.2%, and 26.9% had VLs of5,000 copies/ml, respectively. Clinical/immunological failure poorly predicted virological failure.
AB - Correlations between clinical/immunological treatment failure and viral load (VL) detected by dried blood spot (DBS) sampling were explored in HIV-1-infected children in Uganda. Of 104 children on combined antiretroviral treatment (cART), 12.5% experienced clinical and/or immunological failure, while 28.8%, 44.2%, and 26.9% had VLs of5,000 copies/ml, respectively. Clinical/immunological failure poorly predicted virological failure.
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U2 - 10.1128/JCM.00961-14
DO - 10.1128/JCM.00961-14
M3 - Article
C2 - 24789197
AN - SCOPUS:84902764610
VL - 52
SP - 2665
EP - 2667
JO - Journal of Clinical Microbiology
JF - Journal of Clinical Microbiology
SN - 0095-1137
IS - 7
ER -